How Alexander Lukashenko’s tyranny ends
Tatsiana Ashurkevich is a Belarusian freelance journalist based in London. LONDON — Alexander Lukashenko is a tyrant: The Belarusian dictator has repressed his people. He has thrown more than 1,400...
View ArticleNext European Political Community summit to be held in Hungary
The next meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) will take place Nov. 7 in Budapest, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Thursday. The British head of government hosted this week’s...
View ArticleZelenskyy calls on Starmer to approve missiles
LONDON — Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Keir Starmer to “show your leadership” by lifting restrictions on Ukraine’s use of Western-made weapons as he addressed a meeting of the U.K. Cabinet Friday. The...
View ArticleRussia sentences Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison
A Russian court has sentenced American journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison for espionage, in the most high-profile case against a Western journalist since the Cold War. Prosecutors had...
View ArticleWhat a rushed trial for Evan Gershkovich might mean
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Of course, it was never in doubt that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich would be found guilty of espionage — the acquittal rate in...
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Hungary facing fuel crisis as Ukraine turns up heat on Russian oil supplies
Hungary is racing against time to avoid power outages and fuel shortages after Ukraine imposed a partial ban on Russian oil passing through its territory. Kyiv last month imposed sanctions blocking...
View ArticleUS missiles are welcome in Germany, foreign minister says
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock spoke out in support of U.S. long-range missiles being stationed in Germany, countering criticism from within her government coalition. “We must protect...
View ArticleWhat a Kamala Harris foreign policy could look like
If elected president in November, Vice President Kamala Harris would enter office with a foreign policy record defined by her tenure as a senator during Donald Trump’s presidency, and her time as the...
View ArticleFinland’s deportation law puts EU’s migration norms to the test
A controversial law allowing Finland to turn asylum seekers away at its long eastern border with Russia came into force Monday, despite criticism from human rights bodies that it violates...
View ArticleHungary demands EU action against Ukraine as Russian oil spat escalates
BRUSSELS — Hungary on Monday said it had asked the European Union to take action against Ukraine for imposing a partial ban on Russian oil exports, arguing the move was jeopardizing Budapest’s energy...
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Russia’s new punching bag: Kamala Harris
From the moment U.S. President Joe Biden dropped out of the race for president and backed Kamala Harris as his replacement on Sunday, Russia’s propagandists have whipped up a cacophony of unbridled...
View ArticleRampant sanctions busting is overwhelming EU frontline states, Latvia says
BRUSSELS — European Union member countries continue to tolerate the rampant evasion of sanctions against Russia and Belarus, making it harder for front-line states to enforce the measures, Latvian...
View ArticleHere are the world leaders Kamala Harris has on speed dial
President Joe Biden had the benefit of decadeslong personal relationships with world leaders as he sought to restore U.S. credibility on the global stage. Vice President Kamala Harris, if elected...
View ArticleGerman government holds off on prisoner swap with Belarus, for now
BERLIN — The German government is “worried” about a German citizen sentenced to death in Belarus but declined to comment on whether he might be included in a large-scale prisoner swap. “The chancellor...
View ArticlePutin threatens retaliation if US deploys long-range missiles in Germany
Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened a tit-for-tat response should Washington deploy long-range missiles in Germany, saying Moscow would answer by placing similar missiles within striking...
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A bad deal with Trump on Ukraine could at least postpone a worse one with Putin
Derrick Wyatt is an emeritus professor of law at the University of Oxford. Since surviving an assassination attempt, former U.S. President Donald Trump has secured his nomination as the Republican...
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Tory leader race: The 6 hopefuls trying to save their party from the abyss
LONDON — It’s a poisoned chalice, but someone has to grasp it. Rishi Sunak’s decision to step down following this month’s crushing general election defeat for the U.K. Conservative Party means...
View ArticleGermany’s Scholz under friendly fire over US missile plan
BERLIN — Not everyone loves the idea of more American longer-range missiles on German soil. That’s especially true for the members of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD). The...
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Prisoner movements in Russia fan speculation of impending swap
Russia watchers have been glued to their screens as evidence appears to be mounting of a potentially historic prisoner exchange with, among other countries, the United States. Rumors of an imminent...
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Vitaly Klitschko’s critics come out swinging over boxing champ’s record as...
KYIV — It wasn’t a Russian missile that reduced the elegant 19th-century Zelenskiy mansion in downtown Kyiv to rubble; a Ukrainian developer demolished it to build yet another high rise. Activists...
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